STRATEGIC ADVISORY FOR AMBITIOUS FOUNDERS

Build The Business That Supports Your Biggest Vision

Your vision has grown. The opportunities are bigger. Now the business underneath it needs to keep pace.

I help founders strengthen the strategy, financial and operational architecture, leadership capacity and decision-making foundations needed to build stronger, more valuable businesses -with more options for what comes next.

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WHEN GROWTH CHANGES THE QUESTIONS

The business that got you here may not be the business that gets you to where you're going next.

Growth creates new opportunities - and bigger decisions about capital, leadership, financial and operational architecture and where to focus next.

REVENUE IS GROWING - but profit and cash are not keeping pace

THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE BIGGER - and so are the capital requirements and risks.

THE DECISIONS MATTER MORE. What you decide now could shape the next several years.

TOO MUCH STILL RESTS WITH YOU. Knowledge, authority and key decisions still depend on you.

MORE OPTIONS ARE BECOMING POSSIBLE. Expansion. Investment. Acquisition. Leadership. Exit.

CHOOSING WELL MATTERS. There are more opportunities than time, capital or capacity.

These aren't necessarily signs that something has gone wrong. They can be signs that the business is ready for its next stage - but what got you here needs to evolve into support focused on where you're going.

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Strategic Growth Intensive

A private, half-day working session for founders facing important decisions, considering new opportunities or navigating a major inflection point.

Together, we'll challenge assumptions, identify what matters most and build the strategy and infrastructure for what comes next in your business.

BIGGER VISION • STRONGER BUSINESS • MORE OPTIONS

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STRATEGIC GROWTH COLLECTIVE

For founders who want to think bigger - in good company.

Strategic advisory, experienced perspective and an ambitious peer group for founders building towards a bigger vision.

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EXPERIENCE MATTERS

I've spent more than two decades building businesses of my own, leading teams and advising founders - through growth, capital decisions, acquisitions, expansion and uncertainty.

CAPITAL

Raised and negotiated significant capital, working with investors, banks and other sources of financing.

GROWTH

Built, scaled and advised businesses through rapid growth, changing markets and increasing complexity.

DEALS & EXPANSION

Structured acquisitions, negotiated complex transactions and pursued opportunities across international markets.

FOUNDER PERSPECTIVE

Built businesses myself - including co-founding a fintech startup - with firsthand experience of having skin in the game.

"She is very matter of fact and makes you see reality but also helps you to dream." "Marilyn is literally the smartest woman I know."

Cherylann S. - Serial entrepreneur

Meet Marilyn

I've spent my career building businesses and helping others build theirs.

I've built businesses, led finance and operations, raised capital, negotiated with banks and investors, worked through acquistions and expansion, and co-founded a fintech startup.

I've also experienced what founders know well: the responsibility of making consequential decisions when the answer isn't obvious and the outcome matters.

That combination shapes how I work today.

I bring financial depth, strategic perspective and real operating experience to the table - but my role isn't to hand you generic advice or tell you how to run your company.

It's to think alongside you.To see what you may be too close to see. Ask the questions that need asking. Challenge assumptions. And help you build a business that supports where you want to go next.